Solution Focused Brief Therapy Certificate

Learn to establish rapport, explain the solution focused brief therapy process, set goals, and use miracle questions with questioning and scaling techniques, plus a letter and session note.

Establish rapport by greeting the client, inviting brief venting, and building a back-and-forth conversation to support therapy engagement; ask about goals and hopes, and explain how solution-focused brief therapy works.

Explore how to set client centered goals by reframing negative statements into positive aims, exploring needs, and guiding toward specific, achievable goals that leverage client resources while addressing safety concerns.

Learn the miracle question in solution-focused brief therapy to clarify concrete goals, envision life without the problem, and mentally rehearse steps to reach those goals.

Use further exploration questions, especially open-ended 'what else' prompts, to help clients specify goals, elicit concise details, and map a step-by-step path toward reaching their goal.

Apply scaling techniques to establish a client baseline, track progress toward goals, assess whether further sessions are needed, and identify obstacles to move forward on a 0-10 scale.

Learn the letter format used in solution-focused brief therapy, where clients reflect on session learnings and clinicians respond with three compliments, a bridging statement, and a task.

Use the initial session note sheet in solution focused brief therapy to guide goals with best hope, miracle questions, reciprocal relationship questions, scaling, and plans for obstacles and strategies.

Explore a solution-focused brief therapy initial session, demonstrating goal setting, reframing, miracle questions, detailing, and scaling techniques to help clients stay calm and improve family interactions.

Explore components of subsequent and final solution focused therapy sessions, begin by reviewing what brought the client to therapy, and use a scaling question to determine if session is final.

Document the subsequent and final solution-focused session by restating goals, eliciting progress, amplifying change, and using scaling and client notes to guide sessions.

Adapt solution-focused brief therapy to other modalities by applying its core components to coaching, hypnotherapy, meditation, business, and daily life.

Explore how the solution focused brief therapy approach to goal setting applies across modalities—coaching, parenting, hypnotherapy, and business—by creating positive, measurable, and specific goals.

Adapt further exploration questions to help clients articulate goals, using open-ended questions to explore possibilities when obstacles arise. Apply astute, positive questioning strategies to broaden approaches.

Explore adapting scaling techniques to different modalities, from therapy to coaching, to gauge progress on goals and stress with a simple 0–10 scale.

Get your IEO certificate by emailing your address for a personal certificate with the logo, and practice using a mock example while sharing feedback and exploring other therapeutic courses.